Yoshio Tabata
Yoshio Tabata was a Japanese ryūkōka and enka singer, songwriter, and electric guitarist. His debut song literally "Island Ship Song" was released in 1939. Along with enka-shi Haruo Oka's 1939 debut, his debut had a big impact on Japanese popular music because Japanese popular ryūkōka music of that time was mainly sung by classical music singers such as Ichiro Fujiyama and Noriko Awaya.
Yoshio Tabata
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- Yoshio Tabata
- Born
- 1 January 1919
- Birthplace
- Matsusaka, Mie, Imperial Japan
- Died
- 25 April 2013
- Place of death
- Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- * Singer
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Yoshio Tabata was a Japanese ryūkōka and enka singer, songwriter, and electric guitarist. His debut song literally "Island Ship Song" was released in 1939. Along with enka-shi Haruo Oka's 1939 debut, his debut had a big impact on Japanese popular music because Japanese popular ryūkōka music of that time was mainly sung by classical music singers such as Ichiro Fujiyama and Noriko Awaya.
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He was born in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
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• Name — Yoshio Tabata • Birth Name — Yoshio Tabata • Alias — Bata-Yan • Born — 1 January 1919 • Birthplace — Matsusaka, Mie, Imperial Japan • Died — 25 April 2013 • Place of death — Tokyo, Japan • Instrument — Electric guitar • Genre — * Ryūkōka • enka • Occupation — * Singer • songwriter • Years Active — 1939–2013
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• Shima no Funauta: 1939 • Plum and Soldier: 1941 • Demobilization Ship: 1946 • Growing in Island: 1962 • Spring at the Age of 19: 1975 • Shōwa Three Generation Record: 1994 • Love For 100 Years: 1998 (Tribute song to Taro Shoji born in 1898) • The song heard at the trip's end is: 2001
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